[mapserver-users] Getting mapserver running on Mac OS X

[Zak James]

I have mapserver running on OS X, but I built and installed the 
dependencies myself. After that, mapserver was configured and built 
without problems. One thing to check is that your fink lib and include 
directories are on your path. I'm hoping to create a simple set of 
instructions for building on OS X so please e-mail me directly with any 
problems or solutions you come across.

Zak James

On Wednesday, July 17, 2002, at 04:31  AM, Alex Rice wrote:

> Hi folks. Is anyone running mapserver on Mac OS X? I scanned the list 
> archives but didn't see any real success stories about Mac OS X.
>
> I've got PostGIS running on OS X and now I want to get Mapserver 
> running.
>
> After running into some trouble compiling GD and friends (libJPEG, 
> libPNG), I paid a visit to to my old friend FINK. 
> (fink.sourceforge.net). Now I have fresh installs of FreeType, Ping, 
> JPEG, TIFF and GD. I was expecting the mapserver compile to go off 
> without a problem, however, the configure script seems to be expecting 
> the headers and libraries to have certain names in certain locations. I 
> don't know much about FSF configure and wanted to ask before I start 
> ripping this configure script apart. My system currently looks like 
> this:
>
> localhost:gis/Mapserver/mapserver-3.6.0] alex% ls /sw/lib
> apt                       libfreetype.dylib         libmenu.dylib.5.2
> dpkg                      libfreetype.la            libncurses++.a
> fink                      libgd.1.8.dylib           libncurses.a
> libapt-inst.1.0.0.dylib   libgd.1.dylib             libncurses.dylib
> libapt-inst.1.0.dylib     libgd.a                   libncurses.dylib.5
> libapt-pkg.3.2.0.dylib    libgd.dylib               libncurses.dylib.5.2
> libapt-pkg.3.2.dylib      libiconv.2.0.4.dylib      libpanel.a
> libbz2.1.0.2.dylib        libiconv.2.dylib          libpanel.dylib
> libbz2.1.dylib            libiconv.dylib            libpanel.dylib.5
> libbz2.dylib              libiconv.la               libpanel.dylib.5.2
> libcharset.1.0.0.dylib    libintl.1.0.1.dylib       
> libpng.2.1.0.12.dylib
> libcharset.1.dylib        libintl.1.dylib           libpng.2.dylib
> libcharset.a              libintl.a                 libpng.a
> libcharset.dylib          libintl.dylib             libpng.dylib
> libcharset.la             libintl.la                libtiff.3.5.7.dylib
> libcurses.dylib           libjpeg.62.0.0.dylib      libtiff.3.dylib
> libform.a                 libjpeg.62.dylib          libtiff.a
> libform.dylib             libjpeg.a                 libtiff.dylib
> libform.dylib.5           libjpeg.dylib             libz.1.1.4.dylib
> libform.dylib.5.2         libjpeg.la                libz.1.dylib
> libfreetype.6.2.0.dylib   libmenu.a                 perl5
> libfreetype.6.dylib       libmenu.dylib             rmt
> libfreetype.a             libmenu.dylib.5           terminfo
>
> [localhost:gis/Mapserver/mapserver-3.6.0] alex% ls /sw/include/
> bzlib.h      cursslk.h    gdcache.h    jconfig.h    ncurses.h    
> tiffconf.h
> curses.h     eti.h        gdfontg.h    jerror.h     panel.h      
> tiffio.h
> cursesapp.h  etip.h       gdfontl.h    jmorecfg.h   png.h        
> tiffvers.h
> cursesf.h    form.h       gdfontmb.h   jpeglib.h    pngconf.h    
> unctrl.h
> cursesm.h    freetype2    gdfonts.h    libcharset.h term.h       zconf.h
> cursesp.h    gd.h         gdfontt.h    libintl.h    termcap.h    zlib.h
> cursesw.h    gd_io.h      iconv.h      menu.h       tiff.h
>
> You can see the headers are there and the libraries are there. And that 
> OS X uses ".dylib" as it's usual extension for shared libraries, not 
> ".so". (although some apps create .so files, don't know what the 
> difference between .dylib and .so is)
>
> % ./configure --with-postgis=/usr/local/pgsql/bin/pg_config --with-
> jpeg=/sw/include --with-png=/sw/include --with-gd=/sw/include 
> --with-freetype=/sw/include
> ...
> checking whether we should include JPEG support...
> Could not find jpeglib.h or libjpeg.a/libjpeg.so in /sw/include.
> checking for jpeg_read_header in -ljpeg... no
>         libjpeg not found. JPEG support not included, possibly needed 
> for GD.
> checking which version of GD to use...
> configure: error: Could not find gd.h or libgd.a/libgd.so in 
> /sw/include. Make sure gd is compiled before calling configure.
>
> It seems like configure is expecting the library and header files to be 
> in the same directory, not in  an include/ directory AND a lib/ 
> directory? So, somehow I just need to convince the configure script 
> everything is really OK. Does anyone have suggestions on this? Or, can 
> anyone send me a Makefile after your configure is done with it. Then I 
> can edit the Makefile and put in my own paths in?
>
> Thanks & I look forward to trying mapserver on OS X.
>
> Alex Rice, Software Developer
> Architectural Research Consultants, Inc.
> alex_rice at arc.to
> alrice at swcp.com
>
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